Image standards

[Thomas Chung]

On 5/22/07, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 13:45 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
> > Anyone have a problem with us using SVG for image sources and PNG for
> > final copies on our websites?  We can grandfather this in but mizmo
> > suggested it on the websites-list.  I think its a good idea.
>
> It depends on what is meant by "image".  png and jpeg have vastly
> different compression characteristics.  Using jpeg where appropriate can
> save someone on dialup a tremendous amount of time.  However, many of
> the images we create as SVG are going to be the kind that store well as
> png...
>
> Since it looks like both jpeg and png are free formats, I'd like to
> avoid a "only pngs allowed here" policy.  Both png and jpg have their
> place.
>
> -Toshio


We're not saying we will force someone to use png format only.
However we'll *encourage* to use patent-free png format in Fedora Project.
Regards,
-- 
Thomas Chung
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung